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ob xxxii. 8. As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. James ii. 26. Spirit is a substance wherein thinking, knowing, doubting, and a power of moving, do subsist. Locke.

Uproar. Jamieson.

g a star on the reverse resembling the rowel of a spur. In the reigns of Elizabeth and of James I., its value was fifteen shillings. [Written also spur-rial, and spur-ryal.]

ory or High-church were the greatest sticklers against the exorbitant proceedings of King James II. Swift.

Stramonium. See Jamestown weed, and Datura.

A member, plain or molded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. This takes the place, or answers the purpose, of a rebate. Also, a pin or block to prevent a drawer from sliding too far.

A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed.

A kind of worsted braid, about an inch broad. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Stout; mettlesome; resolute. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Suasible. [Obs.] Wyclif (James iii. 17).

pecifically (International Law), owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state; as, Jamaica is subject to Great Britain. Esau was never subject to Jacob. Locke.

al passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§155, 199-202.

ived. Daniel. To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year. James iv. 13.

a high wind. He that doubteth is like the surge of the sea driven by the wind and tossed. James i. 6 (Rev. Ver.) He flies aloft, and, with impetuous roar, Pursues the foaming surges to the shore. Dryden.

Having or exhibiting surquedry; arrogant; insolent. [Obs.] Gower. James II. of Scot.

To swerve. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser. Jamieson.

A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth. Halliwell. Jamieson.

The timber of the tree Oreodaphne Leucoxylon, growing in Jamaica. The name is also applied to the timber of several other related trees.

rompt. My beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath. James i. 19. Swift of dispatch and easy of access. Dryden. And bring upon themselves swift destruction. 2 Pet. ii. 1.

tian church. My brethren, . . . if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring. James ii. 1,2 (Rev. Ver.).